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Portrait Sculpture of Priest Gyōki, early 17th century

Unknown Japanese

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Amida, the Buddha of Infinite Light, 12th century

Unknown Japanese

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Misshaku Kongo, standing figure with one arm raised, mouth open. Note Nio means Benevolent Kings. Made of Hinoki wood in yosegi technique of multiple block construction with traces of gesso and polychrome

Vajra Warrior (one of a pair), mid 14th century

Unknown Japanese

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Shinto priest's robe (kariginu), 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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leaf shaped dish; pale green with brown rim; inside of dish dark green starburst bottom center; curved dark green shape left of starburst; curved dark blue shape above starburst

Set of leaf-shaped food dishes (mukōzuke), 1660’s

Unknown Japanese

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leaf shaped dish; pale green with brown rim; inside of dish dark green starburst bottom center; curved dark green shape left of starburst; curved dark blue shape above starburst

Set of leaf-shaped food dishes (mukōzuke), 1660’s

Unknown Japanese

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leaf shaped dish; pale green with brown rim; inside of dish dark green starburst bottom center; curved dark green shape left of starburst; curved dark blue shape above starburst

Set of leaf-shaped food dishes (mukōzuke), 1660’s

Unknown Japanese

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leaf shaped dish; pale green with brown rim; inside of dish dark green starburst bottom center; curved dark green shape left of starburst; curved dark blue shape above starburst

Set of leaf-shaped food dishes (mukōzuke), 1660’s

Unknown Japanese

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leaf shaped dish; pale green with brown rim; inside of dish dark green starburst bottom center; curved dark green shape left of starburst; curved dark blue shape above starburst

Set of leaf-shaped food dishes (mukōzuke), 1660’s

Unknown Japanese

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standing female figure with proper left arm bent, hand at side; flat mask like face, adorned by earrings and necklace; ridged dress extends to floor covering legs and feet

Haniwa of a Female Shrine Attendant, 6th century

Unknown Japanese

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One of two jars Japan’s first ceramic culture, the Jōmon, produced strongly tactile pottery over 3,500 years ago. This lavishly decorated bowl was probably used during religious ceremonies. Its flamboyant rim, a typical feature of the middle period of Jōmon pottery, is known as the “fire-flame” type, because the coils of clay resemble leaping flames. The word jōmon, after which the historical period is named, means “cord markings” and derives from the distinctive patterns produced by rolling a rope-wrapped stick across the surface of the clay. The lower portion of this vessel bears these markings, together with whimsical designs carved into the surface of the clay.

Deep Bowl with Four Projections, 2500-1500 BCE

Unknown Japanese

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Naraen Kongo, standing figure with arms down, mouth closed. Made of Hinoki wood in yosegi technique of multiple block construction with traces of gesso and polychrome.

Vajra Warrior (one of a pair), mid 14th century

Unknown Japanese

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Buddha seated with legs folded and feet over knees; PR hand held in loose fist; PL hand open, gently cradling round object; fragments of white and green pigment; sits on flat base with pigment fragments

Hachiman in the Guise of a Buddhist Monk, 12th century

Unknown Japanese

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large jar with dark brown dripping over glaze and large rocky inclusions; wide shoulder, short neck, rolled lip; gnarled texture

Storage jar, 15th century

Unknown Japanese

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red-brown jar with mottled ochre colored glaze around shoulder and down one side; four bow-like decorations around shoulder; short, vertical neck

Tea leaf storage jar, late 16th century

Unknown Japanese

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unsigned; thick field of barley painted against a gold leaf background

Barley Field, early 17th century

Unknown Japanese

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short, squat incense burner on three legs; three separate parts; domed cover with bud-shaped nib; floral stamped and etched patterns on lid

Incense burner, 13th century

Unknown Japanese

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small, double pointed object with five prongs converging to form each point; center decorated with petal and concentric circle motif

Five-pronged vajra, late 14th century

Unknown Japanese

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irregularly shaped tan jar with bulbous, wasp-nest shaped base, long neck, wide mouth; flecked, dripping brown overglaze, mostly on one side; comes with rattan ring

Recumbent vessel with long neck, 7th century

Unknown Japanese

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Wheel of the Law, Buddhist (shingon sect.) gilded bronze

Chakra, 13th century

Unknown Japanese

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Sake pot, gold lacquer, with hinged semi-circular handle, and three short circular, tapering legs. Silver finial on cover. Decoration consists of gold vines, peonies, and arms of Tokugawa family (three asarum leaves within a circle) on bronze ground. Silver lacquer inside.

Ewer (katakuchi), 17th century

Unknown Japanese

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Bronze bell (Dotaku); Dotaku- Bronze Bell with so-called 'crossing bands' (in Japanese Kesadasuki) decoration. Fine natural green patina; no repairs, in excellent condition. Excavated at Chiwa-Yama, Yashu-gun, Ohmi Province (now Shiga Prefecture) in the 14th year of Meiji, or 1881 A.D. This was on the 14 bells found, the largest of which is now in the Tokyo national Museum. with a box authentication of Professor Sueji Umehara. Modern wooden storage box has authentication by Professor Umchara.

Ritual Bell (Dōtaku), 1st century BCE-1st century CE

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handled tray with short sides; light grey glaze with blue, green and gold leaves, vines and gourds; cutout gourd shapes

Tobacco tray, 18th century

Unknown Japanese

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squared form, with high walls; small ring foot; milky translucent glaze; stylized depictions of bridges and water, in brown

Serving dish with bridge and water, 17th century

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round bronze disk mounted to wood; raised figure seated on lotus at center, with PR hand resting in lap, and PL hand at heart clutching delicate metal flowers; elaborate golden filigree behind figure; tall urns with delicate wire and bounded metal lotus leaves on either side of figure; thin metal "awning" above figure with lotus detail and hanging charms; lion head with claws on either side of top; border with round studs

Kakebotoke, 14th century

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figure with six heads, arms, and legs astride crouched bull on wood base; metal bands around wrists, some biceps, and most ankles; halo with flames attached at back; two hands of two arms together in praying position, other arms bent and flare outwards. Upper left arm holds long staff, lower one holds implement with "curly q"-shaped end. Upper right arm holds a trident. Lower right arm fingersshaped like it was holding something in hand. Three bottom heads have crystal inlay eyes. Three smaller heads on top considerably smaller.

Daiitoku Myōō, the Wisdom King of Awe-Inspiring Power, second half 13th century

Unknown Japanese

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black and gold helmet in the form of a dragonfly, with its tail extending upward; two large gold eyes; two removable dull gold pairs of wings; thick braided purple silk cord tie at neck

Helmet in dragonfly shape, 17th century

Unknown Japanese

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octagonal stepped base with lotus flower at top of base; clear glass globe at top with three vertical metal "flames" around it; glass globe filled with multicolored pebbles

Buddhist Reliquary in the Shape of a Wish-Granting Jewel, 16th-17th century

Unknown Japanese

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flat, wide, outward-flaring rim; protruding triangular band around thick neck; shallow grooved line drawn into edge of rim; two black spots on body, one on rim; tan patina; small flat foot

Wide-Mouthed Jar, 1st century BCE- 1st century CE

Unknown Japanese

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studded helmet with short visor at front and four-tiered, wide spreading laced neck guard; curving face protectors with decorated buckskin, studs, and crests; heraldic metal disc with Sanskrit characters for the Buddhist deity Fudo; pair or thin, bladelike metal kuwagatas at front center with heart cutouts; neck guard held together with green ties; ochre colored knots around borders; has wooden stand

Helmet with ornament bearing seed syllable for Fudō Myōō, 17th century

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brown body; top band of butterflies and flower scroll, bordered by blue band and rows of black circles; lappets below alternate colorful birds and dragons; green interior; enamels in lappets suffused with copper shavings ("goldstone" technique)

Vase, late 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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bowl with rounded square shape with rounded corners; three small square feet; blue-grey with white slip design of twining flowers; arc-shaped trellis (?) at one side; lines and scrolls around border; deep swirl at bottom center

Plate with grapevines, trellis, and geometric design, late 16th century

Unknown Japanese

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seated male figure holding a court noble's scepter, with face and hairstyle of a Bosatsu; mounted to plaque on back; legs folded in lotus position

Shinto God, 12th-13th century

Unknown Japanese

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incense burner in the shape of an antique Chinese bronze basin with three legs, tall slotted handles and lid; lions in relief over a tao-tieh design on front and back and larger lion with ball on the top on a cloud design of the lid; perhaps originally coated with black lacquer

Incense burner with Chinese lions, 16th century

Unknown Japanese

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unsigned; small, round basket with crisscrossing closed weave; handle made of twisted, gnarled branch that comes to a point near center

Basket with wood handle, late 19th-early 20th century

Unknown Japanese

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cup with three lobes; beige in color with underglaze design of diving birds in darker color; darker glaze around lip; incised line below lobes where cup rounds out to bottom

Ash container with three birds, late 16th century

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seated Buddha; PL hand in lap with open palm, index and thumb loosely touching; PR hand up, with index finger and thumb touching; two-tiered knobby hair, long earlobes; traces of red pigment on robes; seated on wide, stylized lotus on round base

Amida, the Buddha of Infinite Light, early 12th century

Unknown Japanese

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unembellished cup with lid and saucer; small finial on top of lid

Container for rubbing incense, 14th century

Unknown Japanese

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standing wooden figure with shallowly carved draping robes with small tie at waist; peaceful expression on face; long earlobes and squared hat; figure is missing entire PR arm; PL arm is missing below the elbow, but it is apparent arm is bent forward at elbow

Bonten, the Creator, late 10th century

Unknown Japanese

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figurine of a boy riding side saddle on a water buffalo; boy is holding a shield with a swirl pattern in PR hand while holding PL hand up to his own ear; water buffalo holds its head slightly down in walking pose

Incense burner in the shape of a Chinese boy on a water buffalo, 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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a: round iron vessel with semi-circular handles hanging on each side; bird in open circle below one handle and standing creature with shovel (?) in open circle below other handle; openings cut out in organic shaped designs on body; L-shaped hooks attached to each side to hold open doors; wing-shaped doors below that lift upwards, attached with two hinges; incised decoration on each door; solid bottom inside that is raised from very bottom with openwork around base in oval forms with points at top of each; b: brass insert with wing-shaped opening on each side; c, d: open brass handles

Hanging lantern, 8th century

Unknown Japanese

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Gold rim with raised designs; spray of large flowers with raised gold outlines and green, brown, and red highlights; butterfly at left; gold dots throughout background

Small plate with decor of flowers and butterfly, 1890s

Unknown Japanese

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one of four: dish with high walls and deep scalloped cutouts on each edge, creating dramatic, irregular square shape; textured, beige over glaze against dark brown underglaze; beige over glaze on bottom lightly brushed around bowl; subtle blue vine accents on underside at cutouts

Set of food dishes (mukōzuke), early 18th century

Unknown Japanese

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Hill # R-20

Flowers of the Season, 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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dark background with flying cranes; white and light blue abstract zigzagging Matsukawabishi design; purple cords and ties

Noh costume (hitatare), first half 20th century

Unknown Japanese

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embroidered Sanskrit "seed" syllables of Amida, Kannon and Seishi with lotus pedestals; a canopy and an altar table with two vases and incense burner at bottom; embroidered poem sheets at ULC and URC with sutra quotations in Chinese characters; embroidered floral border above and below composition

Embroidered Amida Triad in the form of Sanskrit Syllables, 14th century

Unknown Japanese

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dark gray pitcher with bulb-like body, short neck, and dramatically flared mouth; mouth flare is actually wider than body; hole in side of body; rounded bottom

Jar with flared mouth, 5th century

Unknown Japanese

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female figure seated with arms clasped toward chest; wearing court dress, with long, pleated hair; small crown on head; mounted to wooden screen on back

Shinto Goddess, 12th-13th century

Unknown Japanese

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flat bottom; bulbous, slightly flattened bottom section; vertical wide neck with ribs; pair of irregular blocky handles; thick inverted mouth ring; entire piece intentionally asymmetrical/misshapen/slightly collapsed, with broken incised wavy line on bottom section and inherent cracking; green, light brown and tan glaze; brown lacquer cover with faceted top knob

"Burst bag" Freshwater Jar, late 16th - early 17th century

Unknown Japanese

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white gourd-shaped flask with grapevine design painted in underglaze iron oxide

Gourd-shaped flask with grapevines, early 17th century

Unknown Japanese

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black lacquered box with gold and silver butterflies; double flute case in black lacquer with gold and silver clouds and dragon design on bottom; bamboo flute inside with dark ribbing; smaller flute with red ribbing and details, both stored in double case; single bamboo flute case in plain wood with gold inscription on one side; also comes with two documents in handscroll form depicting the flute's history; document dated 1774

Noh Flutes named “Winter Wind” (Kogarashi) with Box and Case, mid 18th century

Unknown Japanese

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bronze ritual bell with handle in the shape of a five-pronged vajra, handle stem and bell shoulder decorated with lotus petal design; probably intended for use in Esoteric Buddhist rites

Ritual bell with handle in the shape of the vajra, 18th century

Unknown Japanese

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short, round bottle with narrow neck; beige glaze with paulownia leaves and blossoms in black and blue

Sake bottle with paulownia, 17th century

Unknown Japanese

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cylindrical container with lid; concentric inscribed orbital lines around cylinder; scalloped bottom edge with elegant feet; three-tiered cover with concentric inscribed rings; spire at top with four disks and budlike finial on top

Cylindrical Sutra Container, first half 12th century

Unknown Japanese

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jar with three incised lines around widest part; high neck, slightly flaring mouth with incised lines around outside; remnants of tan ash glaze

Jar, 3rd-7th century

Unknown Japanese

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figure with large halo seated on a reclining bull; figure is holding a scepter in PR hand that has a bust on it; PL hand is held to side of body, open; painted on the reverse side of a Buddhist sutra, with text visible through image

Enmaten, 13th century

Unknown Japanese

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one of four: dish with high walls and deep scalloped cutouts on each edge, creating dramatic, irregular square shape; textured, beige over glaze against dark brown underglaze; beige over glaze on bottom lightly brushed around bowl; subtle blue vine accents on underside at cutouts

Set of food dishes (mukōzuke), early 18th century

Unknown Japanese

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one of four: dish with high walls and deep scalloped cutouts on each edge, creating dramatic, irregular square shape; textured, beige over glaze against dark brown underglaze; beige over glaze on bottom lightly brushed around bowl; subtle blue vine accents on underside at cutouts

Set of food dishes (mukōzuke), early 18th century

Unknown Japanese

G225

one of four: dish with high walls and deep scalloped cutouts on each edge, creating dramatic, irregular square shape; textured, beige over glaze against dark brown underglaze; beige over glaze on bottom lightly brushed around bowl; subtle blue vine accents on underside at cutouts

Set of food dishes (mukōzuke), early 18th century

Unknown Japanese

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small standing highly stylized figure with very large coffee bean-type eyes; PR lower arm missing; openings at top of head and at bottom; upturned pig-like nostrils; textured body covered with scrolling designs; looping scrolls around stomach/navel and between breasts; small, widely spaced breasts with pronounced nipples; repeating incised zigzags with textured areas on back of head/hair; dark/black patina

Figurine of a Female, 1000-800 BCE

Unknown Japanese

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cloth trousers with straps that go over shoulders; sage-green at top of trousers that fades into an indigo color; white emblem at top flap of trousers, with stacked white liner hexagons throughout top green area; stylized origami birds and same scalloped design that is at the top flap are throughout the middle blue area; thin maroon straps attached at PR and PL outer leg area

Long trousers (nagabakama) for kyōgen theater [from a set], early 20th century

Unknown Japanese

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cloth jacket with indigo-dyed fabric that fades into a sage green color; stylized origami birds at top, with two circular emblems on PR and PL sides of opening, each with a maroon vertical band of fabric; two flaps of fabric in same maroon color at PL and PL opening; stacked white hexagon shapes throughout green area

Long-sleeved jacket for kyōgen theater [from a set], early 20th century

Unknown Japanese

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floral and butterfly; Shreve and Co. sterling silver bases and handles

Dessert stand [one of four], c. 1900

Unknown Japanese; Manufacturer: Shreve & Company

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floral and butterfly; Shreve and Co. sterling silver bases and handles

Dessert stand [one of four], c. 1900

Unknown Japanese; Manufacturer: Shreve & Company

G239

floral and butterfly; Shreve and Co. sterling silver bases and handles

Dessert stand [one of four], c. 1900

Unknown Japanese; Manufacturer: Shreve & Company

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sword set: metal blade with snake decoration and 3 peg holes in tang that has also a gold lacquer signature; signed tsuba with soft metalwork decoration of dragon amidst waves; grip is wrapped, dragon head on tip, 2 silver menuki in form of a tiger on one side and a lion on the other; lacquer scabbard with horimono (metal decoration) at end in form of dragon wrapped around sword, gold and silver mounts; fabric tie

Blade with engraved snake for a long-sword (koto-katana) and mounting with dragon decoration, 16th century

Unknown Japanese; Artist: Tsuba by Ōmori Terumasa

G219

Aizen Myōō, The Wisdom King of Passion, 16th century

Unknown Japanese

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Scowling man holding a staff with a horseshoe shape at the end, touching a small tan box

Yanone Gorō, late 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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g) 7th month: Tanabata Festival h) 8th month: Moon Viewing for a Boat i) 9th month: Cho_yo_ Festival j) 10th month: Maple Viewing Party k) 11th month: Ohitaki Festival l) 12th month: Preparing for the New Year

Activities of the Twelve Months, part 2 [of a pair], late 17th - early 18th century

Unknown Japanese

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eighteen piece sake, porcelain in peony pattern, underglaze blue with overglaze enamels; see following card for list of objects

Sake set, 20th century

Unknown Japanese

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Fujimura Handayū II in a Dance Scene, 1720s

Unknown Japanese

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Karaori (Outer Noh robe), brocade of grape vines with autumn grasses and gold bamboo lattice motif on blue-grey twill weave silk. The design is not created through embroidery as it appears to be, but with the Karaori brocade technique of floating the weft threads of glossed silk to create the various floral and lattice patterns. This allowed for only a few centimeters of fabric to be woven per day, making such robes extremely rare and expensive works of art. This garment has been used in only a few recorded performances since its manufacture accounting for its exceptionally fine condition.

Outer Noh robe of grape vines with autumn grasses, early 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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gold leaf on obi and outer robe

Portrait of Ono no Tsu_, c. 1660-1670

Unknown Japanese

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Woman wearing hat standing in twisted pose, looking over her shoulder; red and grey foliage behind; Matted

Wisteria Maiden, late 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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Single female figure dancing. She wears a colorful kimono with a design of colorful fabrics in red, black, gold, and light blue. She holds a gold and red folding fan in her right hand, while her left hand is raised.

Dancer with Fan, mid 17th century

Unknown Japanese

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eighteen piece sake, porcelain in peony pattern, underglaze blue with overglaze enamels

Sake set, 20th century

Unknown Japanese

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Juni-ten: The Twelve Celestial Beings, set of 12 kakemono

Taishakuten [one of a set of Twelve Devas], 14th-15th century

Unknown Japanese

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Prostitute with Attendants on Parade, c. 1695

Unknown Japanese

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Parinirvana of Sakyamuni, the Historical Buddha, 14th century

Unknown Japanese

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Side Panel to chair received from vendor after accessioning has been placed with the chair - conservation?

High-back Side Chair, late 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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Shinozuka Shigehiro, Govener of Iga Province, 1720s

Unknown Japanese

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Striding figure holding a bird with his PL hand and looking back over his PR shoulder

Falconer, late 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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Seated horned demon with wild black hair and toothy grin holding a tan and black ball in his lap; parcel in PL hand and tube-shaped parcel on his back

Demon Reciting Buddhist Prayers, late 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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dish, porcelain, Kutani, green, dragons in center, six panels with Oriental motifs

Bowl, 18th-19th century

Unknown Japanese

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Girl's Day Dolls, 1886-1912

Unknown Japanese

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Grey-skinned man dressed in grey and white garment with red-orange vest holding a barrel-shaped black and white object above his head

Benkei with Temple Bell, late 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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three rectangular panels carved with organic design moving between each panel; holes drilled through at important points with channels connecting each at back; six double bands at front

Clamp-resist Dyeing Boards, 19th century

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Fighting Bulls, c. 1700

Unknown Japanese

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Standing Prostitute with Shamisen at Her Feet, first half 18th century

Unknown Japanese

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short jacket, cotton, warp and weft ikat

(Woman's Oshima Tsumugu Haori), 1915-1935

Unknown Japanese

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Grey-skinned man sitting on the shoulders of a standing man with elongated head; standing man's lower legs not delineated; stylized clouds at bottom

Shaving Fukurokuju from a Ladder, late 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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Grey monkey with tan face and red tail standing on the PL front fin of a vertically placed catfish with a gourd tied around its waist with a red cord

Monkey trying to catch a catfish with a gourd, late 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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Beauty Standing on a Veranda, 18th century

Unknown Japanese

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Noh costume (nuihaku) with autumn flowers, mid 17th century

Unknown Japanese

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Falconer, late 18th - early 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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Bald man carrying two slender staffs staff in PL hand rests on ground, staff in PR hand held above head; black dog at feet

Blind Musician, late 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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Summer hemp with warp kasuri in green and red.

Kimono, early 20th century

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Vase, 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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Striding man with pot-belly wearing an open-fronted shirt carrying a red staff in his PR hand with a black gourd-shaped object at the top

Spear Bearer, late 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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Demon Reciting Buddhist Prayers, 18th-19th century

Unknown Japanese

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